Best quotes by John Shelby Spong on Life

Checkout quotes by John Shelby Spong on Life

• ‟ The Bible tells me that every life is holy; the Bible tells me that every life is loved; the Bible tells me that every life is called to be all that it can be.

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• ‟ Christianity is, I believe, about expanded life, heightened consciousness and achieving a new humanity. It is not about closed minds, supernatural interventions, a fallen creation, guilt, original sin or divine rescue.

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• ‟ I believe that God is very real. I believe that I live my life every day inside the reality of this God. I call this God by different words. I describe God as the source of life and the source of love and the ground of being.

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• ‟ The ultimate meaning of the Bible escapes human limits and calls us to a recognition that every life is holy, every life is loved, and every life is called to be all that that life is capable of being.

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• ‟ The Bible interprets life from its particular perspective; it does not record in a factual way the human journey through history.

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• ‟ Whatever diminishes life is evil, and whatever enhances life is good.

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• ‟ I spend my life studying that book, and every book I've written has in some sense been a book about the Bible, and that's what I mean by reclaiming its value and its essence for a world that no longer treats it literally and no longer reads it traditionally.

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• ‟ I believe God is real, but I believe God calls me beyond myself to take responsibility for my life and to try top work to allow other people to be themselves and to take responsibility for their lives.

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• ‟ Terrorism is a real despair. These are people for whom life has been so negative that they're willing to die if they can take down some of their enemies.

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• ‟ I learned early in life that you get places by having the right enemies.

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• ‟ The way that I see Christianity is that its role is to enhance the life of every person.

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• ‟ The Christ path is the path I've walked all my life, so it's normal and natural. And I have no reason to abandon it because it leads to where I want to go.

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• ‟ The Christ path is the path I've walked all my life, so it's normal and natural. And I have no reason to abandon it because it leads to where I want to go.

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• ‟ My basis of morality is this: does this action enhance life, or does it denigrate life? Does it build up or does it tear down?

  - John Shelby Spong